Today is the first time listening to Mozart’s piano concerto #27, by Menahem Pressler, Paavo Järvi & the Orchestre de Paris. It’s on DW Classical Music. This one has 1,038,889 views since May 18, 2023. One thing this piece differs from all others, is the LONG commercials, into minutes. I got out of the pool twice to stop it. This is really disgusting. Definitely did not enjoy it – not sure it’s the doing of Youtube or the owner/poster of this performance.
By doing this, I also learnt that the Versa’s pause/resume doesn’t really work well: both times, it stopped. I’ve to start anew. Swam 1,240 in 30 minutes.
Music was his elixir of life: On October 17, 2012, just before his 90th birthday, pianist Menahem Pressler gave a concert in Paris’ Salle Pleyel. With the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Paavo Järvi, Pressler played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595. Nimble fingers even at grand old age – Menahem Pressler is proof that it’s possible. The star pianist was able to look back over a 50-year career. Between 1955 and 2008 he was performing some 100 concerts each year with the Beaux Arts Trio alone. Menahem Pressler passed away on May 6, 2023, aged 99.
